Hi everyone. Our large-scale DOD:S and GMOD 10 machinima Soldiers of Misfortune goes well, and it should be completed sometime this October. Early to the middle of the month. Here are some screenshots. Again, I don’t want to give away much about the film other than it is more serious than probably everything we’ve done in that it’s A. action oriented, and B. has a story. Now i’m not talking some Saving Private Ryan style drama with some ‘war is hell’ moral slapped all throughout, this movie will of course have its humorous bits. Just think of it as an action movie with a story worth following in the mix. I’m estimating an October weekend release and a 15-20 minute movie. The project has been waay more demanding than i thought (it’s requiring a lot of custom content work) and it doesn’t help that I have college and a job, but it will still be on its way. Just a little bit later than originally planned. More on the film later.
Also we’re doing some more site updates. Expect me to edit this post with some more content in the future, so check back here later, and also check out the visually updated VIDEOS page.
Well, it’s September now so that means back to the boring college/school schedules and routines for just about everyone. But we won’t be slacking in terms of making new videos…hopefully for a while. I know I personally have a job interview coming up that might lead to more detractions from my usual free time, but anyway, enough of that boring real-life garbage and onto what you all want to know. Right now we have at least two videos in mind for this month, one which is well into production and the second is in planning. The first is a Day of Defeat: Source and Garrysmod machinima. I don’t want to say too much or give anything away about it other than it will be mostly action-oriented with some humor. This will be a homage to another film director this time around. Like how HL2 Anxiety and Nightmare were for Hitchcock, this movie will be for another famous name in cinema. It’s been a very demanding project as of late, with a lot of effort going into modding and creating custom content specifically for the large-scale production. I’m going to guess that the video will hopefully be done in about 2 weeks from now and it might be just over 15 minutes long. Next is the fifth episode of the Gman Squad. Again, like Episode 4 - Trams, Episode 5 will be different from its predecessors, but I have a great idea that involves everyone and will set the stage for a community involved contest that, if successful, will play a large role in Episode 6. Should be another hilarious installment and a blast. We’ll begin production on this after the DOD:S machinima is completed. More to come soon.
8/5 EDIT: apparently Crackbone was hit by a car. He was offline for a week and came back today and told us about it. Knowing him, he’s probably OK now. -Xanatos
Source Mod Todd hosts a contest to find out who the BEST Zombie killer is out of two chosen finalists - none other than Stev and Crackbone. Made in Zombie Master, Zombie: Panic Source, and Garrysmod 10. Very special thanks to Metallizard, MajorTom, and Mr. X for helping record demos.
Hi everyone. I’ve gotten a number of messages and I’ve seen quite a few comments and posts in the course of a few months requesting another Source Mod Todd episode, and well, those people (and hopefully everyone else) will be glad to know that a new video is in the works! I will tell you that the theme for this episode is ZOMBIES. Hosted by Source Mod Todd, he will be searching near and far for THE BEST Zombie killer of them all.
Wednesday, August 13th UPDATE!!! - The Zombie Source Mod Todd will be released THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, August 15th. Starring Xanatos, Stev, Crackbone, and WolfeR.
Hi everyone. Just a basic update for now. I thought it’d be a good time to remind everyone of our Steam Community page. We consistently post announcements whenever there’s an update on a new video release or if we need extras for a movie’s filming. Chances of needing extras for a movie won’t be anytime soon though, as we’re unsure of what we’ll be making next. But still, please take a quick moment to join our Janus Syndicate steam community page for updates.
Next on the list is The Cast page. If you haven’t noticed it before, it’s simply explaining who the majority of reoccurring people seen and heard in our videos are, where they came from, how they got to be in our little group, etc. If you scroll down to near the bottom, I’ve added the lengthiest explanation for the largest enigma of all - Crackbone. If you’ve seen both Gman Squad Episode 4 and CS For Kids, you’ll see how he’s becoming more of a reoccurring character in our videos. He’s usually in Zombie Panic servers. So I decided to include him in The Cast page as it’s not the last you’ll hear of him in our videos and I thought it’d be important to explain a thing or two about him and how he’s becoming a regular in our group here. Also, he’s not acting in those ventrilo recordings, that’s really how he acts on a normal basis. He’s pretty crazy.
Finally, a quick note on CS For Kids. All I can say is wow! It’s officially our first video to ever make the top rated, top favorited, and top viewed on Youtube for over a full day, I know we’re getting a few #1 spots for the weekly categories too. I just wanted to say how glad I am to see how everyone is liking it and how I was so surprised to see how the video’s popularity grew so fast overnight. Thank you all for making it possible and for those who posted it on forums, etc. Will keep you guys updated on what we’re doing next. Expect more site updates to come.
It’s a humorous/spoof video about a fake retail mod called “CS For Kids”, with its aim to recreate Counter-Strike Source for the younger audience. Made in Garrysmod 10 and Counter-Strike Source. The Downloads area has been updated accordingly in the audio section, while most of the custom game content seen in this video can be found by searching on www.fpsbanana.com and www.garrysmod.org.
UPDATE: I’ve made a few changes to the Skins download area on the website. Scroll to the bottom to find a lot of the skins used in CS For Kids, created by their respective authors.
On July 23rd, expect to see a new short video release. It’s a fake spoof commercial for a make believe Counter-Strike product - CS For Kids. After this is finished, who knows what’ll come next. I like doing these smaller projects and ones that don’t demand such heavy effort, so I might try something else like a couple tutorial/retrospective videos next, and then back to the usual larger scale machinima projects. Here’s a sneak peak:
Mark your calendars. The release of the next Gman Squad episode will be this July 10th. Will probably be a long, long time till the next episode after this one, as I’d like to tackle other large scale machinima projects. This episode is a little different from what has been the traditional approach, but I think it’ll end up being one of the best.
Hi everyone. I’m back from that long vacation and getting into the swing of things again. We never went on record saying the site’s officially ready to go, but it is. So do register to our forums (it might be a little intimidating as we’re all assclowns there) and check out some of the downloads we have going so far, among the other pages on the site’s navigation.
Half-Life 2 Nightmare has been quite successful. Over 100,00k views in the week or two it was released. Wow. The only time we’ve ever had view stats like that was for Counter-Strife: Noob’s Guide on Google Video in 2006. Great to see everyone is generally liking it as well. I will go on record and say there probably will be no third installment (aka a sequel to Nightmare) in the Anxiety + Nightmare duo. I think I pretty much hit everything I originally wanted to in the two videos. As far as sequels go however, I am seriously considering a sequel to Dirty Garry, which was our first machinima that had major voiceovers play a part, so therefore, I consider it to be a bit amateur, but it’s definitely still entertaining if you watch it at the right angle. Yes, the sequel would blow the original out of the water, although I am a little worried at the whole ‘GMOD roleplay’ aspect. I never actually played a real roleplay game, although after frequenting a very unserious server for a week and saw Dirty Harry in the same span, it gave me the idea for the video way back when. I don’t condone playing that roleplay faggot bullshit and wouldn’t want to come off as such with the video. The sequel to Dirty Garry would have elements from the Dirty Harry sequel Magnum Force and a famous movie starring Steve Mcqueen entitled Bullitt. Other machinima plans include Gman Squad Episode 4, a big new series, and a possible Eternal Silence Source Mod Todd.
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